Indira Gandhi
1917 – 1984 Indian stateswoman, Prime Minister of India
India's only female prime minister and the dominant figure of the dynasty's second generation.
- Religion
- Hindu.
- Affiliations
- Prime Minister of India; leader of the Congress party; imposed the 1975-77 Emergency.
Born Indira Nehru, she took the surname Gandhi through her marriage to Feroze Gandhi, who was no relation to Mahatma Gandhi. She led India for most of two decades, won the 1971 war against Pakistan, imposed an authoritarian Emergency, and was assassinated by her own bodyguards in 1984.
Connections
- family of Jawaharlal Nehru — Her father.
- family of Jawaharlal Nehru — His daughter, later Prime Minister.
- family of Rajiv Gandhi — Her son and successor as Prime Minister.
- family of Rajiv Gandhi — His mother, whom he succeeded as Prime Minister.
- family of Sonia Gandhi — Her daughter-in-law.
- family of Sonia Gandhi — Her mother-in-law.
In the timeline
- 1975 – 1977 India's mass sterilization campaign during the Emergency mentioned